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December 30, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/dec/30/wakeup-call-in-gaza/

A Self-Destructive Palestinian Leadership

[Denver Rocky Mountain News] Editorial - The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005 provided the Palestinians with a chance to truly govern themselves within a territory that the Israelis would no longer patrol. Yet when faced with the opportunity to further the two-state solution, the Palestinian people chose Hamas instead. When faced with the task of building a peaceful state in Gaza, Hamas instead chose war, firing thousands of rockets over the years into southern Israel. As Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas acknowledged after Israel's bombardments of Gaza began, Hamas invited the attacks when it rejected any extension of a six-month truce with the Jewish state.

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